Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[unkadug]

Indeed! I removed the calories before baking it though.

Pecans have no calories if you pronounce them correctly.

 

[trr1]

Pecans have no calories if you pronounce them correctly.

like this

 

[Nemo14]

We pronounce it like pea cans so the rest of you are wrong.

 

[JenniferS]

Indeed! I removed the calories before baking it though.

Good thinking. I'll have half a loaf, please. With a cold glass of milk, or a hot cup of tea. Whichever.

 

[JenniferS]

like this

Wrong.

We pronounce it like pea cans so the rest of you are wrong.

Correct.

 

[unkadug]

We pronounce it like pea cans so the rest of you are wrong.

A pee can is something they used to keep by the bed.
A pea can is something you store peas in.

 

[Nemo14]

Good thinking. I'll have half a loaf, please. With a cold glass of milk, or a hot cup of tea. Whichever.

Oh, and I just licked them.

Hello live readers!

 

[trr1]

We pronounce it like pea cans so the rest of you are wrong.

we should ask a southerner

 

[unkadug]

I know we've discussed this before, but it is quite fascinating how one word can get so linguistically twisted.

 

[JenniferS]

Oh my gosh, I am losing it.
Just got into the car, and instead of plugging the phone into the charger, I tried to charge my library book.

 

[unkadug]

Oh my gosh, I am losing it.
Just got into the car, and instead of plugging the phone into the charger, I tried to charge my library book.

The overdue one?

 

[Nemo14]

I know we've discussed this before, but it is quite fascinating how one word can get so linguistically twisted.
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Green wins!

 

[Nemo14]

Oh my gosh, I am losing it.
Just got into the car, and instead of plugging the phone into the charger, I tried to charge my library book.

Was it running low?

 

[Eric1955]

I know we've discussed this before, but it is quite fascinating how one word can get so linguistically twisted.
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And that map leaves out a pronunciation. Growing up in southern Louisiana I always heard it pronounced puh-kawn. That pronunciation gives us that great Louisiana expression, "gone pecan." It wouldn't make sense though without pronouncing pecan so that it rhymes with gone.

http://www.neworleansbar.org/uploads/files/Gone Pecan Article_3-27.pdf

 

[unkadug]

And that map leaves out a pronunciation. Growing up in southern Louisiana I always heard it pronounced puh-kawn. That pronunciation gives us that great Louisiana expression, "gone pecan." It wouldn't make sense though without pronouncing pecan so that it rhymes with gone.

http://www.neworleansbar.org/uploads/files/Gone Pecan Article_3-27.pdf

I can just hear Justin Wilson... "gawn pekawn"

 

[Eric1955]

I can just hear Justin Wilson... "gawn pekawn"

That cracked me up.

I have no idea how well known Justin Wilson is outside of Louisiana, but a lot of PBS stations in Louisiana still play his cooking show.

 

[Nemo14]

That cracked me up.

I have no idea how well known Justin Wilson is outside of Louisiana, but a lot of PBS stations in Louisiana still play his cooking show.

I used to love his show!

 

[Eric1955]

I used to love his show!

Cool! I had no idea they played it up there. I always just assumed it was a local show.

 

[Nemo14]

Cool! I had no idea they played it up there. I always just assumed it was a local show.

We used to see it on PBS, but it hasn't been on in a long time.

 

[Wrangler-Rick]

We gonna add a little Lea and Perrins...